An American educator (Minister of Education) has a very incisive exposition on education. He said that the essence of education is what remains after we forget everything we have learned.
According to different categories, education can be divided into many kinds.
According to the main body of running a school: private and public
According to education level: preschool education, including preschool education; Primary school, junior high school, high school, university, graduate student ...
According to the form of education: traditional education, distance education, network education and correspondence education.
According to the participants of education: adult education, formal education.
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